Transition Planning and the
CDOS Credential
Presented By:
Matthew Jurgens
LI RSE-TASC:
Transition Specialist
Suffolk County
Transition Planning and the CDOS Credential
Agenda
o Inclusion Activity: What is the Point
of School?
o FAPE
o Transition Assessment Overview
o The CDOS Learning Standards
o Diploma and Credential Options
for Students with Disabilities
o Brief Overview of CDOS Credential
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Inclusion Activity
Quotation Reflection
What is the
point of
school?
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The Purpose of FAPE
o The IDEA Statement on the purpose for
Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE):
20 U.S.C. 1400(d) “The purposes of this
chapter are to ensure that all children
with disabilities have available to them
a free, appropriate public education
that emphasizes special education and
related services designed to meet their
unique needs and prepare them for
further education, employment, and
independent living.”
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Our Visions Align…
 “The mission of the __________ School District is to
develop each child's full potential in a nurturing and
supportive student-centered environment that will
promote a foundation for lifelong learning.”
 Within the culturally and ethnically diverse
community that is ___________, the public schools
occupy a unique position. It is our responsibility, in
partnership with parents and the community, to
enable every student to reach high levels of
individual academic achievement, to acquire the
sophisticated skills necessary for life and work, and
to become informed, concerned citizens of a rapidly
changing, interdependent society.
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Our Visions Align…
 The __________ School District’s mission is to educate
all students to their fullest potential by providing
opportunities for learning that are challenging and
effective. The education will enable all students to
master the knowledgeable skills, strategies, and
attitudes necessary to become responsible citizens.
 “The mission of the _________ School District is to
empower and inspire all students to apply the
knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to be
creative problem solvers, to achieve personal
success, and to contribute responsibly in a diverse
and dynamic world.”
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What is Transition Assessment?
The ongoing process of
collecting data on the
individual’s needs,
preferences, and
interests as they relate to
the demands of current
and future working,
educational, living, and
personal and social
environments.
(CEC-DCDT, 1997)
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Education
“Learn”
Employment
“Earn”
Handout
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Independent
Living
“Live”
o Assessment data serve as the
common thread in the transition
process.
o Forms the basis for defining goals
and services to be included in the
IEP.
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Ongoing Assessment
Living
Independently
With Support
Learning
College/University
Trade School
Adult Education
Earning
Professional/Technical
Entry Level
Supported employment
0
High School
Career Cluster Selection,
Advanced Academic Skills
Related Work Experience
Middle School
Career Exploration
Academic Foundations
Job Shadowing & Mentoring
Elementary School
Career Awareness & Self-awareness
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Career
Development and
Occupational
Studies (CDOS):
A Progression of
Learning Standards
Technical Skill
Development
Soft Skill
Development
Applied
Academics
Career
Exploration
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The CDOS Learning Standards
o Part of NY STATE Learning Standards
o For ALL students – Have been around since
inception of NYS Learning Standards
o Should be integrated into instruction in ALL
classes
o 3 Levels (elementary, intermediate,
commencement)
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Instruction in CDOS
School and Community Based, as appropriate
1. Career
Development
2. Integrated
Learning
3a. Universal
Foundation
Skills
3b. Career
Majors
CDOS learning standards are available at:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/cdlearn/documents/cdoslea.pdf
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CAREER
DEVELOPMENT
knowledge
INTEGRATED
LEARNING
Self-knowledge
Who am I?
Career exploration
Where am I going?
Career Plan
How do I get there?
What am I learning?
Why am I learning it?
How can I use it?
application
UNIVERSAL
FOUNDATION SKILLS
(SCANS)
What do I need to know?
What skills are
important for me?
skills
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Questions
students
should be able
to answer
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Thinking Skills
Basic
Skills
Can Read
Can Write
Perform Math Functions
Listens Effectively
Speaks Clearly
Interpersonal Skills
Can Think Creatively
Uses Decision Making
Skills
Thinking Leads to
Problem Solving
Knows How to Learn
Applies Knowledge to
New Situations
Technology
Selects /Applies
Technology
Maintains
Equipment
Designs and Creates
To Meet Needs
Systems
Teaches Others
Serves Clients
Exercises Leadership
Negotiates/Communicates
Works as a Member of a Team
Works with Diversity
Managing
Information
Acquires
and Evaluates
Information
Organizes/Maintains Information
Interprets/Communicates Information
Uses Computers to Enter, Modify,
Retrieve and Store Data
Career Development and
Occupational Studies
Standard 3A
Universal Foundation Skills
Managing
Resources
Understands
how to use:
Materials
Facilities
Time
Money
Human Resources
Networking
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Improves & Designs Systems
Monitors & Corrects Performances
Understands How Systems Perform
Related to Goals, Resources and
Organizational Function
Personal Qualities
Demonstrates:
Responsibility
Ability to Plan
Ability to Take Independent Action
Integrity/Honesty
Self-determination and ability to
self-evaluate knowledge, skills and
abilities
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3 Levels of CDOS
Elementary
Intermediate
Handout
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Commencement
Career Development
Career Development
Career Development
• Demonstrate an
awareness of their
interests aptitudes
and abilities
• Know the value of
work
• Explore preference
for working with
people, information
and/or things
• Demonstrate an
understanding of
the relationship
among personal
interests, skills and
abilities and career
research
• Understand the
relationship of
personal choices
to future career
decisions
• Complete the
development of a
career plan that
would permit
eventual entry into
a career option
• Analyze skills and
abilities required in
a career option
and relate them to
their own skills and
abilities
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21st Century Skills in Action
Life and Career
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Flexibility and adaptability
Initiative and self-direction
Social and cross-cultural skills
Productivity and accountability
Leadership and responsibility
Learning and
Innovation
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Critical thinking and problem solving
Creativity and innovation
Communication
Collaboration
Digital Literacy
Core Subjects
• Information literacy
• Media literacy
• Information, Communication and Technology skills
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English, reading, language arts
Math and economics
Arts, Science History etc.
21st Century interdisciplinary themes
www.p21.org
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Handout
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High School Exiting
CREDENTIALS
High School
DIPLOMAS
(beginning 2013-2014)
NYS Options:
NYS Career Development and
Occupational Studies (CDOS)
Commencement Credential
Regents - 65 Pass on 5 Regents Exams
(ELA, Math, Sci., US History, Global History)
* Regents diploma with advanced designation
* Regents diploma with technical endorsement
Only for Students with Disabilities
Local - via Safety Net for SWD
1.
2.
3.
1)
2)
55-64 pass option (low pass option)
RCTs for cohorts prior to September 2011
Compensatory Option – effective 10/31/12
Student Exit
To supplement diploma, or
As exiting credential for students
unable to earn a HS diploma
Documents preparation
for entry-level employment
College and Career Ready
High School Equivalency
Skills and Achievement
Commencement Credential
GED Test
To change in Jan. 2014
• McGraw Hill to provide
Test Assessing Secondary Completion
(TASC)
• Notify “near passer” students of need to
complete current GED exam by 2014
Handout
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• NYSAA eligible & assessed
• Accompanied by new model of
Student Exit Summary
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NYS CDOS Commencement Credential
o
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o
No IEP Diplomas issues after June 30, 2013.
Credential, not a diploma
Recognition of student’s preparation for entry-level employment
Students must still be provided with opportunities to earn a Regents
or local high school diploma
Meaningful access to participate and progress
in the general curriculum
o Supplement to a Local or Regents Diploma
OR
o Exiting credential
 For a student with a disability who is unable to earn a regular diploma
and is not taught/assessed on NYSAA.
 With exiting credential, parent must receive written notice that the
student is still eligible for a free appropriate public education (FAPE)
until he/she earns a Regents or local high school diploma or until the
end of the school year in which the student turns age 21.
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NYS CDOS Commencement Credential
Principal’s Discretion
o The principal, in consultation with relevant staff, to award the
certificate if the student has demonstrated, in other ways, they
have met the requirements of the credential.
 Prior to July 1, 2015 for all students with disabilities
 For transfer students (permanently)
Targeted Use of IDEA Grant Funds*
A school district that awards this credential to more than 20
percent of the students with disabilities in the cohort, where it
is not a supplement to a HS diploma, shall be required to use
a portion of its Part B IDEA grant funds for targeted activities
to ensure that students with disabilities have appropriate
access to participate and progress in the general education
curriculum necessary to earn a regular high school diploma.
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*Case by Case Basis
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Instruction, Coursework and Work-based Learning
Meaningful access to participate/progress in gen ed
curriculum (opportunities to earn a HS diploma)
CDOS Learning Standards
Equivalent of 2 units of study in CTE Coursework
and/or Work-based Learning (WBL)
(at least 54 of the 216 hours must be WBL) Handout
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Documentation Requirements
Commencement Level Career Plan
Employability Profile
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Concluding Thought…
“Our goal is to get more
students with disabilities
employed, not to make them
non-disabled.”
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Resources
• National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC):
http://nsttac.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdf/pdf/ebps/PredictorSelfAssessment.final.pdf
• New York State Work-Based Learning Manual:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/wbl/
• New York State Career Plan: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/careerplan/
• The Partnership for 21st Century Skills: www.p21.org
• Career Development and Occupational Studies Learning Standards:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/cdlearn/documents/cdoslea.pdf
• Career Development and Occupational Studies Commencement Credential:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/CDOScredential-memo613.htm
• Career Development and Occupational Studies Sample Lessons:
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/cdlearn/cdosresourceguide.html
• New York State CareerZone: http://www.careerzone.ny.gov
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Thank You!
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